Senior Cloud Engineer

FinOps Weekly; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule (2 in-office days

6 Me Days

16 weeks parental leave

Paid fertility treatment leave

12 days personal leave

Wellbeing support app

Paid study leave

L&D programs

Accelerate program

Volunteer day with donation matching

Job summary

LMG is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to own the stability, performance, and scalability of its cloud ecosystem. The role focuses on architectural leadership, CI/CD maturity, and secure, cost-optimised cloud solutions for an enterprise fintech-like environment.

You will mentor engineers, drive modernization from legacy patterns to automated architectures, and champion a high-performance DevOps culture while collaborating across departments.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience architecting and managing enterprise-grade public cloud environments (AWS highly preferred).
• Kubernetes expertise including container orchestration, scaling, cluster hardening, networking, and resource optimisation (EKS).
• Terraform IaC & automation for modular, reusable infrastructure-as-code libraries.
• Deep knowledge of relational databases (Postgres, MSSQL) including performance tuning, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Security practices including PoLP, IAM roles, encryption at rest/transit, security groups, and compliance frameworks.
• Strong communicational ability to translate technical needs into business value.
• Proven leadership in driving initiatives from discovery to delivery with autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Own stability, performance, and scalability of the MyCRM cloud ecosystem.
• Define long-term CI/CD maturity and developer experience roadmaps.
• Lead cross-department technical standards and governance.
• Mentor junior engineers and foster continuous improvement in DevOps culture.
• Identify and remediate technical debt within the cloud stack and migrate to modern architectures.
• Drive rapid prototyping of emerging technologies (Serverless, Service Mesh, AI ops) through PoCs.
• Lead incident management and blameless post-mortems to improve systems.

Skills

Public Cloud (AWS)

Kubernetes (EKS)

Terraform IaC

Relational Databases (Postgres, MSSQL)

Security (PoLP, IAM, encryption)

Communication skills

Leadership

Observability (OpenTelemetry, Promtail

Tools

Datadog

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

Scripting: PowerShell

Scripting: Bash

Job description

# Senior Cloud EngineerBrisbaneFinOpsNot Specified15/06/2026Full-timeHybridFavoriteAccess Job## Job DescriptionLMG is the largest and most progressive aggregator group across Australia and New Zealand supporting a community of over 6,000 brokers and advisers. Proudly family-owned and led, LMG supports businesses operating under their own brand, or the Loan Market brand, and partners with over 110 banks and lenders. The business has grown rapidly, with LMG brokers in both countries helping over 340,000 customers settle over $143 billion worth of loans in FY25. We’re not a conventional company with a lot of rules and hierarchy, and we don’t intend to become one. We live our values in everything we do: Compassion for our customers, doing what we say, being curious and thinking openly, going further together, and staying hungry but humble. We’re a large company with a start-up attitude. Our success is driven by hiring outstanding people and accepting nothing less than being the best at what we do. We are proud to be named Australian Financial Review BOSS Best Place to Work – Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services & in 2025! About the role – LMG’s technology team provides technology infrastructure and services to deliver the full range of financial services including mortgages, asset finance, insurances and financial planning across Australia and New Zealand. Our operational focus is to provide efficient and enabling technology, manage information strategically, and expand and improve our service delivery. The engineering team is responsible for the development, implementation and support of technology services for all corporate staff, our franchisees, and independent contractors. We work with Continuous Improvement and Continuous Deployment. We are agile and fast moving and yet we have the benefits of working in a larger organisation with the resources and stability that allows for innovation and the opportunity to work on large scale, complex systems. This is a great opportunity to work with like-minded technology enthusiasts in a nimble environment using cloud-based technologies with the freedom to explore your own ideas. We encourage our engineers to be curious, and to influence processes and products. Duties and Responsibilities – Strategic Ownership: Primary accountability for the stability, performance, and scalability of the MyCRM cloud ecosystem. Ownership of the long-term roadmap for CI/CD maturity, developer experience, and infrastructure resilience. Architectural Leadership: Designing and implementing cloud-native solutions that balance high availability and security with cost optimisation (FinOps) and performance. Defining the standards for how solutions are built rather than simply executing tasks. Technical Governance: Leading the decision-making process for cross-departmental technical standards. Vetting new technologies and ensuring infrastructure choices align with the broader business strategy. Mentorship & Culture: Championing a high-performance DevOps culture. Mentoring junior and mid-level engineers, conducting deep-dive technical sessions, and fostering an environment of continuous improvement. Infrastructure Evolution: Proactive identification of technical debt within the cloud stack. Leading the migration from legacy patterns to modern, automated, and self-healing architectures. Rapid Prototyping & R&D: Driving innovation by validating emerging technologies (e.g., Serverless, Service Mesh, or AI-driven ops) through high-level proof-of-concepts that solve complex business problems. Incident Management Leadership: Serving as a technical escalation point for complex production issues, leading “blameless post-mortems” to ensure systemic improvements follow every outage. Skills and Experience Required – Essential: Public Cloud: Extensive experience architecting and managing enterprise-grade public cloud environments (AWS highly preferred). Kubernetes: Extensive experience in Kubernetes (EKS), including container orchestration, scaling, cluster hardening, networking, and resource optimisation. Terraform IaC & Automation: Extensive experience using Terraform, with the ability to build modular, reusable infrastructure-as-code libraries. Database: Deep knowledge of relational databases (Postgres, MSSQL), including performance tuning, high-availability configurations, and disaster recovery planning. Security: Applied understanding of the Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP), IAM roles, encryption at rest/transit, security groups, and compliance frameworks. Communication: Proficiency in translating technical and infrastructure requirements into business value for stakeholders and non-technical product owners. Leadership: Proven track record of leading initiatives from discovery to delivery with autonomy and curiosity. Desirable: Observability Architecture: Experience defining and implementing SLOs and SLIs using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Datadog or similar to measure service reliability and manage error budgets. DevSecOps Mastery: Experience integrating automated security scanning (SAST/DAST) and “Policy as Code” into deployment pipelines. Cloud Economics: Proven experience in FinOps , specifically regarding the reduction of cloud spend through right-sizing and architectural shifts. Domain Knowledge: Previous experience in Fintech or regulated industries, specifically regarding mortgage or insurance data privacy. Scripting & Tooling: Proficiency in Powershell, Bash or equivalent to build custom internal tooling that enhances the developer experience. Our benefits – Flexibility & Balance: Hybrid & Flexible Schedule: Enjoy a blend of collaborative in-office days (2 days) and remote work for the rest of the week 6 ‘Me’ Days: Extra leave to prioritise your wellbeing. Religious & Cultural Swap Leave: Trade a public holiday for one that’s meaningful to you. Extra Annual Leave: Need more time off? Purchase additional leave to recharge. Family & Wellbeing: 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: Plus up to 52 weeks of paid superannuation. Paid Fertility Treatment Leave: Support when navigating your fertility journey. 12 Days Personal Leave: Time off when life happens. Wellbeing Support: Prioritise your well-being with Sonder, our all-in-one easy to use mobile app for instant mental, medical, and personal safety support. Growth & Development: Paid Study Leave: Support for your studies L&D Programs: Grow your skillset and advance your career with tailored learning programs. Accelerate Program: Development opportunities for high performers. Community: LMG Share Tomorrow Foundation: Earn volunteer donation rewards and company donation matching. Paid Volunteer Day: Volunteer with paid time off At LMG, we know that diversity and inclusion are key to our success. We’re dedicated to building a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported—no matter their race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, or any other part of who they are. We understand that diverse perspectives fuel innovation and drive business growth. As an inclusive employer, we foster a culture where everyone has the opportunity to thrive and show up as their authentic selves every day.